Hebrews 9:18

Hence neither was the first covenant ratified without blood.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

In Context

17for a testament is of force after men are dead, since it is of no force while the testator is living.

19For when Moses had spoken every precept according to the Law to all the people, he took the blood of the calves and of the goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

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Cross References

Hebrews 8:7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then a place would not have been sought for a second.

Hebrews 9:22And almost all things are according to the Law purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 9:16-23

The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 18 Whereupon neither the first… Read the whole commentary →

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